Price: £130.00

This one day beginners routing course will take you through the process of making a small shelf unit. It will incorporate a range of different joint making techniques and simple profiling with a template.

What you will learn

You will learn the safe use of the router, routing accurately with a fence, simple jigs, guide bushes and bearing guided cutters. Care and maintenance of the router and cutters will also be covered.

What you’ll take home

Course project

Certificate of attendance

How to - ‘Course details’

Additional notes

You will start your day with a welcome talk, including a hot drink, health and safety and a breakdown and review of the equipment you will be using.

The minimum age is 14 years old and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the course and must not be left unattended during class hours. If you would like to read our terms and conditions click here.

Course Tutor

Peter Hibbin

Course Tutor

Profile

Peter has always been interested in woodwork; fascinated from a young age in using tools to make projects around the home.

In his twenties, he changed career from engineering and started his own business as a woodturner and furniture maker before further developing his business towards antique restoration. Over the 14 years, Peter trained several people in the use of machines and hand tools in order to make furniture from native hardwoods.

Peter has worked at Axminster since 2006 and has always been involved with selling and demonstrating machines and hand tools. As a result, Peter has built a reputation as being the “Oracle” as he has so much knowledge and experience with woodworking.

Drawing on own his broad experience, Peter has an informal, friendly approach to teaching enabling his students to begin their own projects.